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1. |
Spend A Little Time
03:48
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When I’m feelin’ lonely, it doesn’t rain it only pours
Sweepin' my whole word out to the sea
A stumble-up on seeded rage, it doesn’t spark it only roars
And it’s gonna burn, until the ocean breeze
But if you spend
Maybe you could, spend a little time
Cause you’ve got to --
Spend a little time
Spend a little time
Spend a little time on me, give a little time on --
When I’m surrounded, feeling scattered, and my anxiety’s aglow
It's gonna be all I can do to pretend (that the)
Moment doesn’t calcify, doesn’t drag me down like stones
Till I find my way back, all over again
But if you spend
I hope you, spend a little time
Cause you’ve got to --
Spend a little time
Spend a little time
Spend a little time on me, give little time on me
I get caught in my own under tow
At the mercy of the parts that show, cause when I
Give a little bit it all let’s go --
I play things fast when I don’t know, but
All my songs sound better slow, cause when I
Give a little bit it all let’s go
And I can be cool and calm and in control, and it’s
No big deal till there she blows, cause when I
Give a little bit it all lets go
But if you, spend
Spend, a little time, I hope you
Spend a little time
Spend a little time
Those first greetings, they don’t suit me
Gates are open, or they’re closed, but if you
Spend a little time on me
And my words may come out scrambled, but I’ve got
Something real to hold if you just
Spend a little time on me
I hope you spend
Oh won’t you, spend a little time?
You’ve got to
Spend a little time
Spend a little time
Spend a little time on me
Cause a little time's all we need
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2. |
Keepin' Eyes
03:48
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My love, where have you been?
Did some fly on the wall catch a glimpse of your redeemable sins?
Won’t you tell me, about it all
Cause it’s the first time I’ve been happy in a while and
This waves been bracing to fall
Before you give me your reasonin’
You should know, I’ve been steepin’ in
What you left out in the open display, in full view
I used to stumble on panic
Turn my head to avoid the wreck
But gone are the days you get to make me the fool -- I can’t help
Keepin’ eyes
You could say I’m stuck on the prize
Because I’ve been keepin’ eyes
Lookin’ at you, can’t help -- yeah
Lookin’ at you can’t help
Yeah, you know I can’t help
Keepin’ eyes
You could say I’m stuck on the prize
Because I’ve been keepin’ eyes
Lookin’ at you, can’t help
Lookin’ at you can’t help
My love, I’ll never ask you why
But one of these days, soon enough
You’re gonna catch that wave from my side
And you’ll stumble on panic
Make sure you slow down
To view the wreck, and know your biggest mistake
Was never knowing’ me the way that I do, you
Give me your reasoning
Stir the pot I’ve been steepin’ in
Tell me I’m out of my mind -- but do you wonder how that came to?
I could never help --
Keepin’ eyes
Call me what you want, at least I’m not surprised
Because I’ve been keepin’ eyes
Lookin’ at you can’t help (5x)
I’ve been keepin’ eyes, and lookin’ at you can’t help.
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Stoic Companion
03:15
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Stoic Companion
I’m fine as long as you’re here
Wrapped around to sort through the sky
There’s floods through the canyon
A rush to ring the New Year
But I’ve lost a feeling I should recognize
Yeah, I’ve never not wanted to try
Usually I --
Seek out circles for the repetition
Roaming forever to never be done
Flawlessness to spin an endless discipline
And when it’s over I’ve only begun
Seekin’ out circles
I could roam forever and never be done
A flawlessness to spin an endless discipline
When it’s over I’ve only begun
When it’s over I’ve only begun
Nine days of rain in a place where it doesn’t
Stirring the earth that I know
How do I explain, being lost where I shouldn't be
Stuck in a loop that I chose, so exhausted
At not being home
I’m tired of --
Seekin’ out circles for the repetition
Roaming forever to never be done
Foolishness to spin an endless discipline, cause
When it’s over you’ve only begun
Seekin’ out circles
Roaming forever to never be done
Seekin’ out circles
When it’s over you’ve only begun
When it’s over you’ve only begun
When it’s over I’ve still just begun
Stoic Companion
I’m fine as long as you’re here
Giving shape to a world passing by
Steadfast Observer, tell me do I appear
In the story, the way you do in mine?
Is your story, anything like mine?
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4. |
And Only
02:17
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And only
And only
And only, where
The forest fires have sped
Scorching relentlessly the cool north lands
A sweet wild flower lifts it’s purple head,
And like some gentle spirit sorrow-fed
It hides the scars with almost human hands
And only
And only
And only, to
The heart that knows of grief
Of desolating fire, of human pain,
There comes some purifying sweet belief,
Some fellow-feeling beautiful, if brief
And life revives, and blossoms once again
Life revives and blossoms once again
Life revives and blossoms once again
Life revives and blossoms once again
And only
And only, where?
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5. |
Tryin' To Be
03:49
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I tried
To be the one you chose
Neverminded
All those undertones
Silverlined
Every stick and stone
And I batted no eyes
When you said ‘let’s take things slow’
But I’ve got no repairs
For all of these empty stares
Makin’ a fool out of me
Tryin’ to be
The one you see, I’m not
The one you see, no I’m not
The one you see, oh then why
Do I keep tryin’ to be?
Tryin’ to be
You know I tried
And the thing I wanted most
It hypnotized
Never let me go
Stars in my eyes
I’ve gotta wonder if they show
Some flawed design
Mismatched amongst the grandiose
Cause I’ve got no repairs
For all of these empty stares
Makin’ a fool out of me
Tryin’ to be
The one you see, I’m not
The one you see, no I’m not
The one you see, oh then why
Do I keep -- tell me why
Do I keep -- tell me why
Do I keep tryin’ to be?
The one you see, I’m not
The one you see, no I’m not
The one you see, oh then why
Do I keep tryin’ to be?
Tryin’ to be
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6. |
Thoughts Over You
00:42
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My mind goes quiet, with thoughts over you
Day-dreamin’ a catching that’s long overdue
Yeah, my mind goes quiet as a I picture it true
The smoke that rises stains the skies, once blue
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7. |
My Intention
03:29
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My Intention...... My Intention
You could say my intention got away from me
I stood close to the words put in my head
And the meanings rearranged
Illuminating all the gray in-betweens
I stared down every single thing you said
And the ground began to sway
Then shattered as it changed
Into a wave of reckoning
Into a wave of reckoning
Maybe there’s something to it
Being young and eager and naive
You took advantage and I didn’t see through it
So hopped up on tryin’ to please
You called it love, you called it a family
Painted pictures and you asked me to believe
Sold me things in the name of being free
My Intention...... My Intention
And you would say my intention got away from me
I stood close to the words put in my head
And the meanings rearranged
Illuminating all the gray in-betweens
I stared down every single thing you said
And the ground began to sway
Then shattered as it changed
Into a wave of reckoning
Into a wave of reckoning
My Intention
Sway....Change.....Wave.....
You pushed and I went through it over again
I had a match, but I didn’t know to use it
Till the moment I hit my end, when
You called it love, you called it a family
Painted pictures and you asked me to believe
Sold me things in the name of being free ---
My mind goes quiet, with thoughts over you
Daydreamin’ a catching that’s long overdue
Yeah, my mind goes quiet as a I picture it true
The smoke that rises stains the skies, once blue
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8. |
On Hand
03:14
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Losing hours
Days and weeks staring at the same photograph
Release and let me go
Then like a boomerang
I’ll fly around over that greener grass
To find what I don’t know, before returning home
Before returning home
I don’t need this to be
Any better than the place it is meant to land
Yeah, I just wanna see
A little further than the things I have on hand
Who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I supposed to be now that
Nothings expected of me anymore,
And what for?
If I can’t change or make believe
These days arn’t what they’ll always be,
Mine and yours -- why not let me soar?
Because, I don’t need this to be
Any better than the place it is mean to land
Yeah, I just wanna see
A little further than the things I have on hand
You know, I don’t need this to be
Any better than the place it is meant to land
Yeah, I just wanna see
A little further than the things I have on hand
A little further than the things I have on hand
A little further than the things I have on hand
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9. |
More
03:41
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I didn’t know if you’d be here
But here you are and it’s the end of the world
You know despite the shifts in surface change
I still remain -- that we were meant for
More
I’ll never know what kept us
So far away, so long and so what for?
In the end, the point that’s really pressing
I’m reflecting on -- how we were meant for
More, than all the shit that came in store
For you and me -- I believe
There was, more
Yeah, we were meant for more
And I
Have learned to let most pieces go
I’ve cut my ties with vivid shades of greens and yellows
I’ve sat in the quiet, done my time at being alone, but now
I need a witness, somebody to know --
Before it blows
How much time before the end of the world?
You know there’s not much time before the end of the world
I know that it’s all different
The once familiar long since rearranged, still I hope you
Housed in the corner of your heart
A little peace to make it out unscathed
Not much time before the end of the world
You know there’s not much time before the end of the world
I don’t search the past just to dwell on
I don’t chase the faded dreams I can’t restore
And maybe I’m some petty kind of way
Cause if there’s a record I’d like it to say -- how we were meant for
More, than what the Gods left at our door
Yeah I believe
That we were meant for more
And I believe -- that we were meant for
More, than all the shit that came in store
For you and me -- I believe
There was, more
Maybe another life
Maybe another world
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10. |
Anything More?
02:21
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I loved you so
Fondly, far-ago and still today
My peculiar reverie, no it never lets me be
It turns all my sweet dreams sour
Just like a vase of Phony Flowers
They’re beautiful, but such a bore
And what a silly, silly girl to wish for more
More than any ring
Tales of queens and kings, I loved you so
Fondly, far-ago
But now the very thought of you
It makes my heart crumble and cower
You are my vice you Phony Flower
Just a dust collecting eye sore, but still I’m
Never gonna love, oh no I’m
Never gonna love, oh no I’m
Never gonna love anything more
Anything more
Anything more?
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Nicole Saphos Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Operating in the Fiona Apple / Dirty Projectors sphere of the alternative music spectrum, Nicole Saphos is known for her harmonically bold and rhythmically driven original music. To date, the LA-native, Philadelphia based artist has released three critically acclaimed albums, and has performed at venerated venues such as The Kennedy Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Rockwood Music Hall. ... more
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